English ____
Grammar: Noun notes
Name______________________
Date ______________________
noun
 a word or word group that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea
persons
Alice Walker
Dr. Lacy
women
team
places
Canada
Grand Rapids
forest
town square
things
Instagram
Statue of Liberty
jewels
rain
ideas
Judaism
Federalism
fairness
beauty
PRACTICE
Directions: Underline each noun once. See the example below to guide you.
Ex. Jon does lead the parade each year.
Bruce will conduct many outstanding bands this month during the festival.
Tony has been praised in the newspaper for his fine conducting.
Your recordings should be sold in stores worldwide.
Gwen will be leading our group tonight in rehearsal!
compound noun
 a noun made up of two or more words used together as a single noun or object
Examples:
single word
basketball
filmmaker
doghouse
grasshopper
Passover
Iceland
open compound
fire drill
chain reaction
The Call of the Wild
Thomas A. Edison
House of Representatives
North Americans
hyphenated
self-control
eighteen-year-olds
hand-me-downs
president-elect
Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey
Anglo-Saxons
PRACTICE
Directions: Identify the compound noun in each sentence and underline it. Label S for
single word; O for open compound; H for hyphenated word.
EX. Louis Braille was born in 1809 in France.
S
His father was a saddlemaker who often let Louis play with pieces of leather.
Louis had a daydream to develop an alphabet for the blind.
Louis left in 1819 to attend that National Institute for the Blind.
As a three-year-old, he injured his left eye.
common noun
 names any one of a group of persons, places, things, or ideas
proper noun
 names a particular person, place, thing or idea
**HINT: proper nouns begin with a capital letter/ common nouns do not
Examples:
common nouns
poem
country
athlete
ship
newspaper
river
street
day
city
organization
proper nouns
“The Raven”
Spain
Lance Armstrong
Mayflower
The New York Times
Delaware River
Upper Holland Road
Friday; Independence Day
Paris
Girl Scouts of the USA
PRACTICE
Directions: Identify the nouns in the sentences. Underline common nouns once and proper
nouns twice.
Are there forests near your home?
Forests exist in many shapes, sizes, and kinds.
Forests in Canada contain mostly evergreens, which grow well in cold climates.
Pacific coastal forests extend from central California to Alaska.
concrete noun
 names a person, a place, or a thing that can be perceived by one or more of the
senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell)
abstract noun
 names an idea, a feeling, a quality, or a characteristic
Examples:
concrete nouns
hummingbird
telephone
popcorn
ocean
teacher
Jesse Jackson
Golden Gate Bridge
abstract nouns
knowledge
patriotism
competition
self-confidence
humor
Tuesday
Zen Buddhism
BRAINSTORM:
Directions: Add three of your own examples in each column:
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collective noun
 names a group or “collection”
Examples:
audience
flock
team
committee
litter
collection
crew
herd
fleet
faculty
family
bundle
PRACTICE
DIRECTIONS: Identify the nouns in these sentences. Circle the collective nouns.
The band began their pep rally performance at 2 o’clock.
The squad stretched and prepared to defeat their Homecoming opponent.
Everyone in the stands clapped and cheered when they saw the mascot enter; He carried a
microphone and a bouquet.
Coach Enders was invited to speak to the crowd.
Her inspirational message inspired the players to cheer and stomp on the bleachers like a herd of
elephants.
possessive noun
 demonstrates ownership and to whom another item belongs
RULES:
1) Add an apostrophe and s to a singular noun to make it possessive
Tom  Tom’s
Jessica  Jessica’s
Thomas  Thomas’s
Jess  Jess’s
2) Add an apostrophe to a plural noun to make it possessive
four cats
four cats’
PRACTICE
DIRECTIONS: Read each sentence carefully. In the blank write the correct possessive
form of the noun in parentheses.
The bag on the bus held a ___________________ (baseball player) equipment.
Principal Stark thought it might be _____________ (Joe) backpack.
The coach asked for ____________________ (Ross) phone because he had taken a picture of Joe
that morning.
As it turned out the picture showed that it did not belong to Ross; in fact, the red bag contained
the _________________ (umpire) score-keeping materials.
Coach gently reminded us to keep track of our belongings. The ________________ (students)
lost and found was getting way too over-crowded.
English ____
Noun Foldable
Name_____________
Date _____________
Noun Foldable Assignment
Materials: 3 sheets of computer paper; colored pencil, marker or pen; noun notes
Directions:
Stack three sheets of notebook paper on top of each other, with each page 1” higher than the one
below it:
Top pg.
Middle pg.
Bottom pg
Fold the top halves of each sheet down, leaving another 1” gap & label as shown:
Definition
Examples
1
2
3
4
noun
common noun
proper noun
concrete noun
abstract noun
collective noun
The definition for common noun & the
four examples will go UNDER the flap
labelled “noun”.
On each flap (above each label), record a definition of the type of noun and 4 examples.
Scoring:
____Did you include 6 correct terms & definitions? (3 points)
____Did you follow the folding & labeling directions? (2 points)
____Did you include 4 correct examples for each term? (12 points)
____Did you do your best (neatest, most organized) work, for you? (1 point)
____Did you use correct spelling & capitalization? (2 points)
Total ____/ 20 points
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